Lynn Gumert

Lynn Gumert (born 1961) is an American musician and contemporary composer.

Biography

Gumert studied at Indiana University, Bloomington, with Claude Baker, Eugene O'Brien, and Donald Freund, graduating with Masters of Music and Doctorate of Music degrees. She also studied with Ellen Taafe Zwilich and Shulamit Ran, recorder with Eva Legene, Emily Samuels and Scott Reiss, and voice with Camilla Williams and Sudie Marcuse-Blatz.

After completing her education, Gumert took a position teaching Women's and Gender Studies at Rutgers University. She is artistic director of Zorzal Music Ensemble which performs Spanish and Latin American music from 12th-century to contemporary. She is currently pursuing a masters in music therapy at Montclair State University, where she received the Ott award for outstanding music therapy intern. She has one daughter, Clara.

Works

Selected works include: Díestas aves Roundabout, for flute, percussion, 2 trombones, and double bass Milkweed, for solo voice Mary's Lullaby Quemar las naves, scored for voices, recorders, strings and percussion

References

1961 births

Living people

20th-century classical composers

American music educators

American women classical composers

American classical composers

Indiana University alumni

Rutgers University faculty

20th-century American women musicians

20th-century American composers

American women music educators

20th-century women composers

American women academics